King Sunny Ade And His African Beats - Aura


  • Singer: King Sunny Ade And His African Beats
  • Album's title: Aura
  • Genre: Funk / Soul, Folk, World, & Country
  • Label: Island Records ‎– 7 90177-4
    Type: Cassette, Album
    Country: US
    Date of released: 1984
    Category: Funk / Soul, Folk, World, & Country
    Style: Afrobeat
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  • Size MP3 ZIP: 1858 mb
  • Size FLAC ZIP: 1816 mb
  • Rating: 3.8/5
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King Sunny Ade And His African Beats - Aura

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Tracklist Hide Credits

A1 Ase
Guitar [Tenor] – Santa MamolaHarmonica – Stevie Wonder
A2 Gboromiro
A3 Ogunja
Drums – Akanbi Moses
B1 Oremi
Clavinet – Phil Ramocon*Drums – Tony Allen
B2 Ire
B3 Iro

Credits

  • Art Direction – Bruno Tilley
  • Bass – Jeyy Ihejejo
  • Congas, Backing Vocals – Shino Abiodun*
  • Engineer – Gary Olazabal
  • Engineer [Assistant] – Abdloulaye Sumare
  • Guitar [Rhythm] – John Akpan
  • Guitar [Solo] – Segun Ilori
  • Guitar [Tenor] – Bob Ohiri
  • Maracas – Michael Babalola
  • Photography By – Brian Griffin
  • Producer – Martin Meissonnier
  • Producer, Guitar [Lead], Lead Vocals, Bongos, Congas – King Sunny Ade
  • Recorded By [Assistant], Mixed By [Assistant] – Candido*, Gibril, Mr. Salami*, Mathew Osiyawu, Philip Tenants, Stephen Street
  • Recorded By, Mixed By – Godwin Logie
  • Shekere – Ganiyu Alashe
  • Steel Guitar – Ademola Adepoju*
  • Talking Drum – Alhaji Timmy Olaitan
  • Vocals – Femi Owomoyela, Jacob Ajakaiye*, Niyi Falaye, Tunde Temiola
  • Written-By – King Sunny Adé*, Tony Allen (tracks: B1)

Notes

Thanks to Kenneth Ademoyye, Trevor Wyatt and all staff from Alade Records, Sunny Ade Organsation and Island Records. Special thanks to Kelvin Morris, Larry Morris, Timothy Morris, Rene Hardaway, Mamalula Hardaway. Recorded at Fallout Shelter, London, Recordisk Studio, Lagos, Phonodisk Studio, Ijebu (Ogun State). Harmonica Solo recorded at Wonderland Studio, Los Angeles...Also thanks to Bob Harlan, Alvin Broussard. Co-cordination in L.A. Massamba Fall (Masskool). Stevie Wonder appears courtesy of Motown Records.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 0 7567-90177-4

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
206 418-320 King Sunny Ade & His African Beats Aura ‎(LP, Album) Island Records 206 418-320 Europe 1984
ccd 9824 King Sunny Ade & His African Beats Aura ‎(CD, Album) Mango ccd 9824 1984
25SI-241 King Sunny Adé And His African Beats* Aura ‎(LP, Album) Island Records, Polystar 25SI-241 Japan 1984
ILPS 9746, ILPS-9746 King Sunny Ade And His African Beats* Aura ‎(LP, Album) Island Records, Island Records ILPS 9746, ILPS-9746 Scandinavia 1984
822.516.1 King Sunny Ade & His African Beats Aura ‎(LP, Album) Island Records 822.516.1 France 1984




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